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Graeme
MacDonald
dies
at age 76
Graeme MacDonald,
a Grey councillor
during Huron East's
first term of
amalgamation from
2000-2003, died Friday
at age 76.
MacDonald was a
representative on Grey
Township council for
close to 20 years before
serving Huron East.
He was first elected
in 1982 as councillor
and served in that
capacity until 1988
when he was elected as
deputy -reeve.
He did not serve on
council from 1991-94
after he was defeated
when running for
deputy -reeve but
returned to council
again in 1994 as
councillor, serving
again until
amalgamation.
MacDonald's failing
health prevented him
from running again for
election in 2003.
MacDonald lived on
his family farm at RR
3 Brussels where he
earned his living
buying and selling
cattle.
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Grant Robertson addresses the crowd at a rally by Ontario farmers in Guelph last week, attended by close to 125 Huron County
farmers. Robertson, who attended as a farmer, not the Huron -Bruce NDP candidate in the last federal election, encouraged farmers
to continue their fight for a risk management program.
Close to `125 Huron County farmers
fight for income support at Guelph rally
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While many Ontario
farmers face the harsh
reality that they will lose
more money this year than
last, hundreds gathered at
two rallies recently in
Guelph and Ottawa, hoping
to make their combined
voices heard.
Around 125 farmers from
Huron County attended the
rally in Guelph, while close
to 65 from the county were
expected to attend the rally
in Ottawa.
They rallied to show
support and continue
pressuring the federal and
provincial levels of
government over the
necessity for risk
management (RMP) and
income support programs for
Canadian farmers.
"The urgency of your issue
is front in line for our
government," provincial
Minister of Agriculture
Leona Dombrowsky told the
crowd at the rally in Guelph.
But, promises will no
longer satisfy farmers. They
need to see results.
Jim Hill has owned a cash
crops farm in Varna since
1992. -
He was one of many who
attended the rally in Guelph.
He says the last three years
have been the worst he has
ever experienced.
"We're losing money in
every commodity before we
even put in the cost of land,"
he says.
As an example Hill says he
gets around $2.50 for a
bushel of corn, when he
would need $3.75 just to
break even.
Farmers . face similar
numbers with their beans
and wheat.
Maybe what has been
hardest to swallow for many
farmers, including Hill, is
that they've had to take from
their equities.
"I have no interest in
working a job where all we
do is burn the equity my
parents built up. I obviously
want to be part of this farm,
but, .if it keeps up like this, it
might not be feasible," he
says.
Hill adds that the time may
be coming, sooner than later,
when "we'11_all be fighting for
the same job in town."
But, as much as he hates
having to use up the farm's
equity, it is at the same time,
his saving grace.
"If we farmed mortgaged
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